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  <span class="xr_tl xr_s1" style="top: -14px;"><span class="xr_s4" style="">1) Create The Character Map. </span>Click the &#8220;CharMaps&#8221; button at the </span>
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  <span class="xr_tl xr_s1" style="top: 62px;">Now click the &#8220;Create New Character Map&#8221; button toward the bottom </span>
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  <span class="xr_tl xr_s4" style="top: -14px;">2) Assigning Images to be </span>
  <span class="xr_tl xr_s4" style="top: 3px;">replaced by a Character </span>
  <span class="xr_tl xr_s1" style="top: 21px;"><span class="xr_s4" style="">Map. </span>&nbsp; Now use the left </span>
  <span class="xr_tl xr_s1" style="top: 39px;">column of the &#8220;Edit </span>
  <span class="xr_tl xr_s1" style="top: 57px;">Character Map&#8221; Palette to </span>
  <span class="xr_tl xr_s1" style="top: 74px;">navigate to the images you </span>
  <span class="xr_tl xr_s1" style="top: 92px;">want to effect with this </span>
  <span class="xr_tl xr_s1" style="top: 110px;">Character Map.&nbsp; Left click </span>
  <span class="xr_tl xr_s1" style="top: 127px;">on an image you want to </span>
  <span class="xr_tl xr_s1" style="top: 145px;">effect, and then use the </span>
  <span class="xr_tl xr_s1" style="top: 163px;">right column of the &#8220;Edit Character Map&#8221; palette to find the image you would like to replace the currently </span>
  <span class="xr_tl xr_s1" style="top: 181px;">selected image with. When you've found the replacement image, right click it to assign it.&nbsp; It will then </span>
  <span class="xr_tl xr_s1" style="top: 198px;">appear in the left column by the side of the image it will be replacing. Repeat this process for all images </span>
  <span class="xr_tl xr_s0" style="top: 216px;font-family:Times New Roman;"><span class="xr_s1" style="">you want replaced by this Character Map.</span></span>
  <span class="xr_tl xr_s1" style="top: 257px;">In this example shown in these images, because there are two folders with sets of images with exactly the </span>
  <span class="xr_tl xr_s1" style="top: 275px;">same names, you can actually assign entire folders at a time in your Character Map.&nbsp; To do so, simply left </span>
  <span class="xr_tl xr_s1" style="top: 292px;">click the entire folder in the left column of the &#8220;Edit Character Map&#8221; Palette, and then right-clicking on the </span>
  <span class="xr_tl xr_s0" style="top: 310px;font-family:Times New Roman;"><span class="xr_s1" style="">folder containing the replacement images in the right column of the &#8220;Edit Character Map&#8221; Palette.</span></span>
  <span class="xr_tl xr_s4" style="top: 351px;">3) Setting Images to be ignored (not changed) by a </span>
  <span class="xr_tl xr_s1" style="top: 369px;"><span class="xr_s4" style="">Character Map.&nbsp; </span>If you accidentally assign a new image to an </span>
  <span class="xr_tl xr_s1" style="top: 387px;">image you do not want to be replaced, simply select that image </span>
  <span class="xr_tl xr_s1" style="top: 404px;">once more in the left column and then click the &#8220;set ignored&#8221; </span>
  <span class="xr_tl xr_s0" style="top: 422px;font-family:Times New Roman;"><span class="xr_s1" style="">button toward the top left of the &#8220;Edit Character Map&#8221; palette.</span></span>
  <span class="xr_tl xr_s4" style="left: 267px; top: 463px;">4) Setting Images to </span>
  <span class="xr_tl xr_s4" style="left: 267px; top: 481px;">be hidden by a </span>
  <span class="xr_tl xr_s4" style="left: 267px; top: 498px;">Character Map </span>
  <span class="xr_tl xr_s4" style="left: 267px; top: 516px;">instead of replaced.&nbsp; </span>
  <span class="xr_tl xr_s1" style="left: 267px; top: 534px;">If there are images you'd like to be hidden instead of replaced by </span>
  <span class="xr_tl xr_s1" style="left: 267px; top: 552px;">a Character map, simply select the image in the left column of the </span>
  <span class="xr_tl xr_s1" style="left: 267px; top: 569px;">&#8220;Edit Character Map&#8221; palette and then click the &#8220;Set Hidden&#8221; </span>
  <span class="xr_tl xr_s0" style="left: 267px; top: 587px;font-family:Times New Roman;"><span class="xr_s1" style="">button toward the top-left of the &#8220;Edit Character Map&#8221; palette.</span></span>
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